Omar Bravo

Omar Bravo Tordecillas (born March 4, 1980 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa) is a Mexico international football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spanish La Liga.

Club career

Chivas de Guadalajara

Bravo was an amateur boxer during his youth until he was 12 or 13 years old, before becoming a football player. He was trained at the Club Deportivo Guadalajara youth system, and made his debut with the senior team on August 20, 2001 against UANL Tigres, 2008 in a 4-0 victory over FC Puebla in the Estadio Jalisco. Bravo is the 2nd player in Chivas history to reach 100 goals, only behind Salvador Reyes who has 122 goals. He finished his career with Club Deportivo Guadalajara with 101 goals, scoring his last goal against Club de Futbol Monterrey in the Mexican First Division quarter-finals of the play-offs which they tied 4-4, losing 8-5 on aggregate. Omar Bravo said bye to the Guadalajara fans by kissing the ground at Estadio Jalisco and walking around the field once. He will now play with Deportivo de La Coruña.

Deportivo de La Coruña

On May 22, 2008, Deportivo de La Coruña announced an agreement between the club and Omar Bravo for the next three years. Omar Bravo left Guadalajara as a free agent. Bravo, who also plays for the Mexican national team, will be the second Mexican in Deportivo's current squad after Andres Guardado.
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International career

Bravo has played for
several Mexican youth national teams and several amateur tournaments including the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He has 51 caps and scored 14 goals for the senior Mexico national soccer team.

Bravo first appeared in the senior national team when veteran forward Jesús Arellano was unable to play in a friendly match due to injury. Since then, Bravo became one of the top contenders for Mexico's offensive lineup on the squad.

On June 11, 2006, playing at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Bravo scored two goals for Mexico's 3-1 victory over Iran national football team and was named the Man of the Match.
Portugal national football team, which gave Mexico a 2-1 loss. Mexico managed to reach the second round, before losing to Argentina national football team in extra time.

In 2007, Bravo was selected by coach Hugo Sánchez to represent his country to play in a series of friendly international matches, and to take part in 2007 Gold Cup, and Copa América 2007, in which he scored 3 goals.

Honours

Club

Club Deportivo Guadalajara
- Primera División de México Apertura 2006 - Champions (2006)

International

Mexico national football team
- CONCACAF Gold Cup - Champions (2003)

Individual

- Second all-time leading scorer for Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
- Mexican Primera División de México Best Rookie Player (Apertura 2002)
- Top Scorer in the Mexican League Primera División de México Clausura 2007
- Top Scorer in CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007

International Goals